Vehicle.



F. A WIEL AN'D. VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1914.

1,109,191. Patented Sept.'1,1914.

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- 'rREDERIoK A. winLAND, s CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Ybdllib/wm itmay concern: I I I @Be' it known that'I, Fnnonn on A. WVIE-LAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofChicago, county of Cook, .and State of Illinois, haveinvented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Vehicles, of which the following is aspeci fication. f v

My invention relates to improvements in vehicles and hasfo'r its objectthe provision I speeding Ioif thejsame. t v, The invention consists inthe combinations and arrangementsof parts hereinafter de scribed andclaime'd. I

of improved meansfor preventing overreference a i mgthe accompanying}drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which, i

Figure .1 is a side view 'of the forward portion of an automobileequipped "with a device embodying 'my invention, Fig. 2, a detailperspective viewer the device, Fig.

3, an enlarged vertical section taken through the device, Fig. gtsection, taken on line m w-of Fig. 3, Fig! 5, section taken on line ;zofFig. 3, andFig. 6, a section'taken on line of Fig. 3. I, a vThepreferred: form of construction as illustrated in the. drawingscomprises a casing l which is mounted on thedash board 2 of theautomobile in any suitableiorf convenient position. Casing 1 isprovided-with a hinged door 3, "for giving access thereto and said doorisprovided with a lock, 4, as indicated. A governor shaft 5 is suitablymounted in casing 1 and is connec ted by means of a flexible shaft 6with a pinion 7 meshing with a gear-8 fixed to one lof the front wheels.of the. automob le as shown in Fig. 1. By this arrangementfit will be,

observed, that the governor. shaftf 5 will 'be' driven at a rate ofspeed proportionate to [tube arranged in casing 1, 'as shown.

Governor shaft 5 carries centrifugal 'govJ ernor balls 9 which aremounted'on swinging the speed of the vehicle.

arms 9 fixed to said shaft. Governor balls 9 are connectedby pivotedlinks 10with a sleeve 11' which is slidable on shaft 5,

Sleeve 11 carries a friction disk 12 cooperatisuch that at high speedsthe friction disk 12 will be drawn into operative contact with VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

V justed positions. Theinvent on will be best understood understood.

"Ap licationfiledianuary19, 19145 Serial naslai ic.

friction disk l3, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 3. An adjustinghead 14 is provided I Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

with an arm 15 having aswiveled conned,

tion with a groove in the hub of friction disk 13 whereby saidfrictiondisk may be ad- 'justed' longitudinally on sleeve 11 but. re-

main free for rotation thereon. Head 1& 1S also provided with athrust'ball bearing 16 adapted to resist the longitudinalithrust exertedondisk 13 by disk 12, as will be readily understood. Head 14: isslidably mounted on a guide ll' and is provided with a clamping nut 18]arranged to secure head 141 and consequently disk 13 in diiferent ajd; Y

H Head 14 also carries an ndicator finger 19 cooperating. with a scaleon guide 17 so as toindicate differentposi- 'tions'jof adjustmentof'disk13, the rear wall of casing 1 ng provided with a glas oeeredsightopening 20 which permits of in spe'ction of said scale by the driver ofthe automobile. "Disk13'carries a gear 21 meshmg W1tha'geaIQ2 which" issplined or'pfeatlrer'ed'on a counter-shaft23 soas tolbe' capa- 'shaftandat the same time drive said counter-shaft] Head 14: also carries aforked shaft 23 in unison with F the movement of disk on sleeve 11 andthus constantly remain in mesh with gear-21, as will be readily ble ofsliding longitudinally :onsaidcounterr Shaft 23'c arries a wor 'n25meshing with l a worm wheel 26 mounted on a shaft 27 in .charge slide 34which is arrangedto reciprocate across] the open bottom of agc ontainerSlide 34 isprovided with a discharge opening 36 which [is arranged toregisterwith an opening 37 in the bottom of "easing 1 and communicatingwith the upper end of discharge tube- 38 leading from casingl throughthe bottom of the automobile. Container tube 35 is designed to contain astack of metallic disks or tokens which are stamped with the licensenumber ofthe au tomobile, each of said tokens being of exactly the samethickness as slide 34 and of a diameterto fit within discharge opening36, so that when-slide 34 is reciprocated across the bottom of tube andinto and out of registration with discharge. opening- 37, a single tokenwill be discharged through discharge tube 38 at each reciprocatiomaswill be readily understood. The slide 34 is reciprocated by lever-'31which inturn is operated by crank pin 29 driven from the governor shaftby the gearing explalned above. By this arrangement, 1t will beobservedthat when th speed of the Vehicle is high enough','the disk 12will be drawn into operative contacti'wi th disk 13 and thus causereciprocation of slide 34 and a discharge of toke'ns at regularintervals, and that by adjusting disk '13 on sleeve 11 the speed 'atwhichthis discharge will begin' maybe varied-as desired. Thus, it willbe observed that incase the Vehicle is speeded up beyond the speedindicated on the scale on "slide 17 the discharge of tokens illeoinmence immediately and serve as a means for identifying an loverspeeding vehicle. Tlie'ow'ner, by keeping a record of the number oftokens supplied in tube 35 and by locking the door3of casing l can keepcheck o'irthe manner in which his carvisbeing operated. e I l f The openupper end of contalner tube 35 is placed in registration with a supply 1opening in the-top of casing 1, said supwhich is set opposite a glasscovered sight opening e2 so as topermit of inspection of thecontents' ofcontainer tube 35 without opening c'asingil." I While I "haveillustrated the preferred form of' construction for carrying myinvention into effect, this is capable of variation andmodificationwithout departing from the spirit of the invention." I,therefore, do notwish to be limited to thejprecise details ofconstruction set forth, but, desire to avail myself of such,

thels cope of the appended plaiins;

" r a gf rlp d y e we What i variations and modifications ascomeflwithin and described I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent isz i e IiThe combination with a vehicle of a tokencontainer. thereon; means for discharging tokens from said container tothe ground; governing means connected to be operated. at a speedproportionate to the speed of the vehicle; and means for causingsaidgoverning means to effect operation of said discharging means at apredetermined speed, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a vehicle, of a casing mounted thereon; atoken"container in said casing; "a'governor shaft in said casing; acentrifugal" governor on said shaft; means for driving said shaft at aspeed proportionate fto the speed of the vehicle; and means operablebysaid governor for discharging tokens from said'contain'er, substantiallyas described.

Thecoinbina tionwitl1 a vehicle, of a casing .mounted thereon; a tokencontainer in said casing; a governor shaft-"insaid casing; a centrifugalgovernor on said'fshaft; means for driving said shaft at a speedproportionate to the speed Qf tl1 ;V6lll( le; means fordischargingtokens singly fromsaid container; and'clutch mechanism operable by 1said governor-arranged to connect said dischargin aneans with saidgovernor shaft, substantially as described.

ell-The combination with a vehicle, of a casing mounted on the dashboard thereof; a doorfor' saidcasing; a token container in saidcasing'aiidopen at top and bottom; a slide for closing the top' of saidcontainer arranged to begcontrolled by the door of saidjc'asing; adischarge slide arranged to reciprocate acrossthe' bottom ofsaidcontainer; a discharge tube adapted toreceive tokens dischargedby'said slide and discharge said tokens under said Vehicle; a governorshaft in said casing; a centrifugal governor on'said shaft; a flexibleshaft connected"with afrontwheel' of said vehicle and with said governorshaft; an adjustable friction clutch' on said governor shaft con ncctedto be operated by said governor; and an operative connection bet-weensaid clutch and said discharge slide, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereofgl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. FREDERICK A. WIELAND.

WVitnesses: I I a U JOSHUA R. PoTrs, HELEN. 1T, LILLIS.,

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